Thursday, October 22, 2020
Impose No Expectations on Vampires, Please
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Nothing spoils an extravagantly amoral honeymoon like a languorous, immoral vampire. And not just any vampire--1971's Daughters of Dar...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Nobody Knows What it is to be a Cat
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The last movie to be approved by Walt Disney and the first to be made after his death, 1970's The Aristocats seems like a safe bet. T...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The Most Frightened Eyes
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Oh, Fay Wray, what big eyes you had! Here she is in 1933's The Vampire Bat , a cheap Dracula knock-off released a couple years after ...
Monday, October 19, 2020
The Right Outfit for Peace and War
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Is Garek really a good tailor? Looking at his outfits in the first season Deep Space Nine episode, "Past Prologue", I'm not...
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Bereft on Earth
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How many of us have had that nightmare where you show up naked and invisible on an alien planet? That's just what happens to the poor ...
Saturday, October 17, 2020
A Pocket for Doctor and Companion
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I love the Third Doctor's velvet jackets so much, though I wish he wouldn't so often pair them with shirts that are just lighter s...
Friday, October 16, 2020
The Extra Room
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I've continued reading M.R. James' ghost stories this past week. "Number 13", about a scholar named Anderson travelling ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Last Leaves
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Autumn continues apace here in Kashihara but a few leaves are stubbornly hanging on. These crows were busily ransacking some garbage b...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Varied Eyes in the Jungle
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If anyone questions the value of Walt Disney's contributions to the films animated by his studio, 1967's The Jungle Book is an ed...
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